ANGA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ANGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGA is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANGA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ANGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does ANGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any one of the eight component practices of yoga, such as posture, breath control or meditation, as set out in classical yoga teaching.
The eight angas together form the framework of classical yoga philosophy, moving from ethical restraint through physical posture and breath control to concentration and meditation. Each anga is meant to prepare the practitioner for the next.
How ANGA is used
Used in writing about yoga philosophy, most often as part of the compound term ashtanga, meaning eight angas.
- Breath control is one anga among the eight described in the old texts.
- A teacher may spend a whole class on a single anga.
- Posture is usually the anga students learn about first.
- Each anga is meant to prepare the student for the next stage of practice.
- The book explains every anga of the classical system in turn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANGA
The 4 tiles of ANGA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANGA
9 longer words begin with ANGA.
Words ending in ANGA
Showing 24 of 25 words that end in ANGA. Useful as a back hook: play ANGA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANGA inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain ANGA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANGA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGA
Common questions about ANGA
- Is ANGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGA worth?
- ANGA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGA mean?
- Any one of the eight component practices of yoga, such as posture, breath control or meditation, as set out in classical yoga teaching.
- What letters can be added to ANGA?
- ANGA takes 8 hooks: 7 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ANGA:
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